Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay today (01 Nov):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 10s period with S swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Nov, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 7s period with NE swell.
The current surf forecast for Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay at 11PM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 01). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (01 Nov) | - | - |
| Afternoon (01 Nov) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 10s |
| Evening (01 Nov) | 4ft (1.2m) | 7s |
Table - waves today at Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Sun afternoon, min 9°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NW on Sun night, light winds from the SE by Tue night). | |||||||||||||||||||
Sun 1 | Monday 2 | Tuesday 3 | |||||||||||||||||
4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 10 | S 10 | NE 7 | NE 8 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | S 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 14 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 254 | 116 | 136 | 159 | 64 | 26 | 25 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 30 | 19 | 47 | 69 | 62 | 70 | 104 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 10:18PM1.80m | 10:52AM1.94m | 11:21PM1.80m | 11:53AM1.92m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:32AM0.14m | 5:11PM0.18m | 5:31AM0.15m | 6:08PM0.17m | |||||||||||||||
 |  |  | | | | | | |  |  | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 8:12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:15 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 15 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 |
Feels °C | 11 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 10 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 8 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | SE 12 | SE 12 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 7 | N 5 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NE 6 | SSW 13 | SE 4 |
| kJ | 254 | 116 | 136 | 159 | 64 | 26 | 25 | 14 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 72 | 51 | 71 | 42 | 13 | 14 | 70 | 14 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 13 | S 10 | S 9 | SSW 10 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | S 8 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | NE 7 | NE 8 |
| kJ | 44 | 113 | 85 | 57 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 30 | 14 | 47 | 69 | 62 | 16 | 38 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 11 | S 9 | — | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SW 13 | SW 13 | S 8 | SSE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | S 16 | NNE 8 | NE 8 | SSW 5 | SSW 5 | SSW 14 |
| kJ | 7 | 55 | 48 | 38 | — | 16 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 104 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 6 | NNW 4 | NW 4 | NNW 4 | NNE 8 | N 5 | N 5 | N 5 | N 5 | N 5 | N 5 | NNW 5 | NNW 5 | — | — | S 4 | SE 4 | SE 4 | SE 4 |
| kJ | 85 | 18 | 26 | 34 | 257 | 103 | 106 | 89 | 126 | 90 | 119 | 104 | 91 | — | — | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 3 | 39 | 102 | 145 | 145 | 145 | 145 | 171 | 160 | 160 | 216 | 216 | 5 | 13 | 216 | 27 | 27 | 27 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury | |||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest